Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Haha it's been a slightly hard but wonderfully
crazy week here inZaragoza. But hey, it's never boring. We met two
refugees fromBulgaria and Croatia (one looks like Daniel
Craig), we talked to a lotof gitanos and goofy evangelicals (they all think
they know what theBook of Mormon is, but really have no clue), and
it's hot.

Fun experience, we were in a hurry to one our investigator’shouses, and BOOM! A pile of spit landed on my hand
from the sky. Toall those who don't know, this is called Spanish
rain. The reasonbeing that since there are many tall buildings
with balconies, youreally never know what's going to land on
you(cigarettes, alcohol,food, dirt, water, pee..), so you wouldn't believe
my surprise gettingsplattered. The funny part, other than me laughing
about it wasrefusing to shake Juaquins hand in the door since
it was soaked andrather ran into the bathroom. Just so you know,
cuidado with theSpanish skies, you never know what you'll get.

This week in Zaragoza we've been working hard on
teaching the doctrineof Christ. In almost every one of our visits this
week we've taughtlesson three, first to Joaquin and Consuelo, then
to Ester and Ester,then Daylen, the Colombian joven we found last
week. Thankfully it'sbeen good to practice, and in the process I've
learned more about thegospel, especially in our lesson with Ester and
Ester. While thedaughter has been open to baptism, the mother
still doesn't see theneed to be baptized again. After explaining why,
she still wasn'tfeeling it. In fact, she proudly proclaimed with
hands in the air on apark bench in the middle of downtown Zaragoza
"I have eternal life!"I'm almost certain she doesn't have her calling
and election madesure, so it was pretty funny. We invited her to
pray about it and toread, and prayed that she'd do it sincerely. The
miracle was that thenext day she called to apologize for being so
stubborn, and later saidthat she's praying reading the book (which she
didn't have time forbefore). While she canceled at the last minute for
church, it wasamazing to see that change! And I tried conguitos (search
it, they'regood)!

Also we witnessed a little dog trying to jump on
top of a curb butinstead run headfirst into it. Haha Elder Barlow
and I were dying!

Also, we visited the member that got me food
poisoned. Ignoring mybetter judgement, we went into the kitchen to eat
the food she'd madefor us (she's from Guinea Equatorial), and it was
the same food! ElderBarlow and I almost died that we were pulled into
this again (at leastthis time the food wasn't leftovers from the
fridge). Crying andlaughing we finished it haha!

Other than that, a good week. Lots of interesting
experiences, andlots of answers to my prayers as I've been
studying the conferencetalks. My favorite talk now is "then Jesus
beholding him loved him".The message is simple, we need to love the people
with problems andwho bother us, not because we're better than them,
but because it'swhat Christ does with us, every day. He's patient
loving, and he nevergives up on us. For that reason we can never feel
hard feeling againstour investigators.